LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL RESOLUTION,
PENSIONS.
Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council on the
3rd day of March, 1954-
WHEREAS Police Constable Cheung Kwan died on the 15th day of February, 1952, as a result of injuries received-
(a) in the actual discharge of his duty; and
(b) without his own default; and
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(c) on account of circumstances specifically attributable to
the nature of his duty;
AND WHEREAS the said Police Constable was survived by a widow Wong Yuk Chun and by a daughter Cheung Lan Fongi
And Whereas the Governor în Council granted under sub- section (1) of section 17 of the Pensions Ordinance a pension of $480 a year to the said Wong Yuk Chun while unmarried and of good character and a pension of $60 a year to the said Cheung Lan Fong payable until the 25th day of April, 1972 or until married whichever is the earlier;
AND WHEREAS the said Wong Yok Chun married on the 15th day of March, 1953, and whereas from that date she has not been entitled to receive the said pension of $480 a year;
AND WHEREAS it is provided by subsection (1) of section 17 of the Pensions Ordinance that if no pension is granted to the widow of a deceased officer the amount of the pension which may be granted to a deceased officer's child may be double the amount which may be granted to such child if a pension is granted to a widow;
AND WHEREAS it is further provided by subsection (r) of section 17 of the Pensions Ordinance that if a widow to whom a pension is granted dies the pension of a deceased officer's child may as from the date of death of the widow be double the amount which might be granted to such child during the lifetime of the deceased officer's widow;